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this civil-rights act has become law now they're turning to the voting rights act and to allocate, jr. is urging president johnson to do the film so much that has come out and has been criticized to put johnson in a bad light but you write about your conversation with the other person who was in the route -- in the room. >> in "the presidency in black and white" my up-close view of three presidents and race in america" i have an exclusive interview of the man who was in the room with several k. >> ballet a prominent figure in the civil rights community with a former congressman in georgia and former u.n. ambassador and at that point a relatively low level white house staffer. >> a very credible person he was in the room and this is what i don't understand the piece that i don't understand about sova he says that lbj did say he did not have the fire -- the power after they successfully got the civil-rights act. so reverend jesse jackson said that people like dr. king as a murder but not a bircher. -- marcher. so they had used to tease you work to get the power for this president to go
this civil-rights act has become law now they're turning to the voting rights act and to allocate, jr. is urging president johnson to do the film so much that has come out and has been criticized to put johnson in a bad light but you write about your conversation with the other person who was in the route -- in the room. >> in "the presidency in black and white" my up-close view of three presidents and race in america" i have an exclusive interview of the man who was in the...
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and right before that we'd just been in lebanon for the civil war, and when bosnia came along, we were all there. we were all there for the gulf war. and then technology sort of began to overtake us. and it was enormous fun. it was incredibly interesting. it was kind of scary sometimes. and it was great. but when i got back from the iraq war, i thought, you know, i'm getting too old to be scared stiff and too stiff to be sleeping on the ground, you know? [laughter] i think we'll, you know -- have to retire that horse. i see a hand waving -- >> right there. >> over here. hello. >> oh, okay. >> i'm really interested in your take on the dramatic change of the labor force from generally be men with the identity of providing for the family to this transition that it's both sexes to the sort of swinging over to the loss of identity of men within the generations as they go. so what's your take on that? >> yeah. i mean, i think that's one of the things that makes modern life sort of, you know, this period of transition uncomfortable. we really came, you know, a lot of us in this room were born
and right before that we'd just been in lebanon for the civil war, and when bosnia came along, we were all there. we were all there for the gulf war. and then technology sort of began to overtake us. and it was enormous fun. it was incredibly interesting. it was kind of scary sometimes. and it was great. but when i got back from the iraq war, i thought, you know, i'm getting too old to be scared stiff and too stiff to be sleeping on the ground, you know? [laughter] i think we'll, you know --...
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it is seen by civil rights leaders as the beginning of war. he does the welfare reform bill, trying to get the worst bill through that had real consequences. so this clinton path which on the one hand was a golden economic age for african-americans, and they loved bill clinton in a lot of ways. there was a lot of tension, to. >> host: fascinating. i know you talked about the urban agenda that many of the civil rights community was trying to push at the beginning of the clinton administration as well as welfare reform that caused the fracture as well. fascinating aspects. let's bring it up to 2015. it has been an amazing and tumultuous year in many respects, particularly when it comes to recent police interaction, police shootings, many have been captured on video, and much of the nation has been shot by this horrendous treatment and serious consequences that have occurred. a number of movements have been sparked by the shootings. the most well-known is the black lives matter movement. talk a little bit about how you think this movement has imp
it is seen by civil rights leaders as the beginning of war. he does the welfare reform bill, trying to get the worst bill through that had real consequences. so this clinton path which on the one hand was a golden economic age for african-americans, and they loved bill clinton in a lot of ways. there was a lot of tension, to. >> host: fascinating. i know you talked about the urban agenda that many of the civil rights community was trying to push at the beginning of the clinton...
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rights person. but he was a reporter at the white house the 1st african-american reporter command he was told by the way correspondents don't come in this. you step on someone's toes. >> host: this was when franklin roosevelt was giving a news conference. >> guest: right. if you step on a white reporters toes will be a riot. ultimately they would not let them come in. the bottom line this happened 70 years ago and it just boggles my mind. we work so closely to one another no space so closely and to think that where i stand now they cannot let. fast-forward to today and you we will always have a difference of opinion. some might be racial others may be a difference of opinion. i think we're trying to do better. i think that we as a group that's one thing. professionals. some people may harbor some notion. but. but i have had some incidents happen that i question. it's not worth freddie. >> host: april ryan you do something many reporters don't. at the end at the end of your book you conclude with you
rights person. but he was a reporter at the white house the 1st african-american reporter command he was told by the way correspondents don't come in this. you step on someone's toes. >> host: this was when franklin roosevelt was giving a news conference. >> guest: right. if you step on a white reporters toes will be a riot. ultimately they would not let them come in. the bottom line this happened 70 years ago and it just boggles my mind. we work so closely to one another no space...
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because this is four years after the civil rights act. we are in t thick of the vietnam war and you have this president lyndon johnson was heroic in the eyes of many african-americans suddenly pivoting away from the resourcing of the war on poverty which was meant to rescue not just black people but white and were all-americans. you see him. away from that. african-americans disproportionately die, southern rejectionism still following the events of the voting rights act and you also see projects is one of the north for african-americans being told you are not welcome in these neighborhoods. the black folks start to look at lyndon johnson sideways. and king then comes out falls where against the war, never gets invited back to the white house and then you have lyndon johnson going and 6840 was not going to run again. in order to assert, black freedom fighters who are trying to say this party is not doing what you say, not accepting the voting rights act. he sidelines. shut up essentially. we have already done a lot for you. you will once.
because this is four years after the civil rights act. we are in t thick of the vietnam war and you have this president lyndon johnson was heroic in the eyes of many african-americans suddenly pivoting away from the resourcing of the war on poverty which was meant to rescue not just black people but white and were all-americans. you see him. away from that. african-americans disproportionately die, southern rejectionism still following the events of the voting rights act and you also see...
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how the two parties dealt with civil rights and the role of the equal rights affirmative actions for african americans. the book deals with most importantly i think with immigration. which i came to see how essential it was and how important it was to a republican party that ultimately produced donald trump. pat buchanan was the nationalist and out-of-favor in his own party but in fact, much more aligned with the growing anti-immigrant trend of the party at the base of the party in california and brought 187 but Ãbit was president barack obama who brought us all together. i used to think that was a stage in this process but i actually believe it all came to fruition for the rights of women, immigration all came together with the election of an african-american president with a diverse coalition of the new america. that was trying to expand government, activist government to deal with the deep recession. to produce the tea party battle wave movement, wave against it. and produce a decade of gridlock and government being blocked from addressing any problem. it was rooted in the electi
how the two parties dealt with civil rights and the role of the equal rights affirmative actions for african americans. the book deals with most importantly i think with immigration. which i came to see how essential it was and how important it was to a republican party that ultimately produced donald trump. pat buchanan was the nationalist and out-of-favor in his own party but in fact, much more aligned with the growing anti-immigrant trend of the party at the base of the party in california...
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is decades and decades to restore basic civil rights to film will lincoln was trying to do at the time. to this day republicans to eliminate social security it is a measure of what obamacare readout from what they tried to dismantle. i cannot predict the future as well as make the case of what it ought to be to defend it going forward the way we do with roosevelt but that is the closest thing we have got in american history and should be defended from the center to left by american. >> i enjoyed the book people who are anxious to go over there will find a lot to offer from the book. good to talk to you. . >> buckley had us spokespeople of the of movement from the '60s and '70s quite notably black power in then with two security guards behind him they are not harmed with the negotiation for the the producer but he never acknowledges they are there. he never even makes eye contact. but the appearance of black power on the show is that elsewhere it was sensationalist and sound bites and they conveyed to the networks they should not cover black power anymore to ignore that. also not to cov
is decades and decades to restore basic civil rights to film will lincoln was trying to do at the time. to this day republicans to eliminate social security it is a measure of what obamacare readout from what they tried to dismantle. i cannot predict the future as well as make the case of what it ought to be to defend it going forward the way we do with roosevelt but that is the closest thing we have got in american history and should be defended from the center to left by american. >> i...
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rights that barry goldwater refuse to sign the civil rights legislation because he felt it deprived people of their freedom to associate with those with whom they wanted which reflects back on the gay marriage thing. >> host: before we get an answer, did you say you are afraid the republicans are going to screw it up again? can you give ben example? >> unfortunately as a former republic -- republican i broke my back for john mccain going door-to-door in florida and mitt romney they were such lovely gentlemen but they ran campaigns that they could not communicate with the american people on the level that they needed private trade this will happen again because of the people running on the ticket. we can not be as sharp as the democrats and i am not sure why. what is the solution? >> guest: getting down to actual basic moral arguments for i talk about the left is a bully because deep down they believe they are morally superior i think that is unfounded and unearned. but the truth is any political perspective you will feel the you have a certain level of moral superiority. conservatis
rights that barry goldwater refuse to sign the civil rights legislation because he felt it deprived people of their freedom to associate with those with whom they wanted which reflects back on the gay marriage thing. >> host: before we get an answer, did you say you are afraid the republicans are going to screw it up again? can you give ben example? >> unfortunately as a former republic -- republican i broke my back for john mccain going door-to-door in florida and mitt romney they...
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and all sorts of aspects that used to be the focus of the civil unions. but look. marriage either means something or it doesn't. it's meant that a man and woman for a relationship in which they are going to be committed to each other as partners for life in a monogamous relationship not having many partners but one. and they would produce the next generation and been trained at generation to be the replacement. that's the simplest explanation. of course we have adoption. we have all different kind of way is the next generation can be trained. but marriage has always been. my position on marriage by the way is the exact position of barack obama had in 2008. and when he was talking to rick warren at the saddleback church during the forum in august of 2008 and rick warren asked about same-sex marriage here is what barack obama said. i believe marriage is between a man and a woman and i don't believe that it should be other things and then he used this term, because as a christian i believe god is in the mix. now barack obama received that in 2008 and as did
and all sorts of aspects that used to be the focus of the civil unions. but look. marriage either means something or it doesn't. it's meant that a man and woman for a relationship in which they are going to be committed to each other as partners for life in a monogamous relationship not having many partners but one. and they would produce the next generation and been trained at generation to be the replacement. that's the simplest explanation. of course we have adoption. we have all different...
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the democrats delivered civil rights. which is a two-day? >> guest: it's a combination but i think it's more the former. i think for a lot of african-americans there is a recognition that the party has not always delivered on some of the promises that have been made and there is a taking for granted that the community that has voted 90-10 in their favor. there is a resumption among democrats that the black vote will be there as a matter of get out the vote. souls to the polls can be united and there isn't a lot that one has to do in between. you are seeing a lot of black lyrical class starting to question out and say to the party that's not good enough and i think the confrontation between black lives matter's and the santos campaign is one example of that but i do think as we are experimenting with open primaries i would predict that you are going to see more movement of the african-american vote. only because there's a sense they black political class is conscious of the way power works. we hear a lot of people saying we need to spread out
the democrats delivered civil rights. which is a two-day? >> guest: it's a combination but i think it's more the former. i think for a lot of african-americans there is a recognition that the party has not always delivered on some of the promises that have been made and there is a taking for granted that the community that has voted 90-10 in their favor. there is a resumption among democrats that the black vote will be there as a matter of get out the vote. souls to the polls can be...
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this dramatic speech in which he wove the civil rights movement into the story of america and he needed not just a thing that happened incidentally. when i worked with history as a kid it was all progressive but i think still when i was reading history as a kid, you read the chapter on what happened in the 20s and 30s and then there would be a box and here's what's happening to african-americans at the time. they were inventing jazz or peanut butter or some other little trivial thing that puts them off to the side of what was going on. it made it central to the experience was the heart of the experience to a more perfect union and began selling to america in 2004 it was almost completed not only for his presidency but by this version of history that he formed as president of the united states, so it was acting as a public intellectual as president using race to tell the american story. >> host: but he still had to deal with animosity that was driven at times. you solvuse office in the tea py rallies and the way that you endure the dealings you talk about that moment when congressman joe
this dramatic speech in which he wove the civil rights movement into the story of america and he needed not just a thing that happened incidentally. when i worked with history as a kid it was all progressive but i think still when i was reading history as a kid, you read the chapter on what happened in the 20s and 30s and then there would be a box and here's what's happening to african-americans at the time. they were inventing jazz or peanut butter or some other little trivial thing that puts...
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and democrats who have obstructed anti-slavery for civil rights bill. if not for the republican from illinois rallying 27 republicans to overcome a filibuster of the 1964 civil rights bill from al gore sr. and robert byrd who was a klansman we would not have that bill today. if democrats did not overturn an 1875 would have a proud history to stand up for race relations new should be on the tip of our town. they have not heard it. to get a public-school education where america is the big bad country but yet to never looked at it as a beacon of freedom. no country has done more than the history of the plan it. don't be afraid then talk to your peers. [applause] >> and the chairmen of my high-school in ohio. we have seen how hollywood has an immense presence over society although you reveal mana iras so hypocritical. how do we get to influence over immediate to promote to individual freedoms that hollywood has over the media and a society today? >> a great question. ronald reagan did not have fox news alert conservative talk radio or twitter. we have the a
and democrats who have obstructed anti-slavery for civil rights bill. if not for the republican from illinois rallying 27 republicans to overcome a filibuster of the 1964 civil rights bill from al gore sr. and robert byrd who was a klansman we would not have that bill today. if democrats did not overturn an 1875 would have a proud history to stand up for race relations new should be on the tip of our town. they have not heard it. to get a public-school education where america is the big bad...
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civil rights, he was a big leader in the civil rights movement and said that the jobs and economics was part and parcel of the civil rights movement. we argue about should we take the agreement approach to this worthy hour keynesian approach to solving this. we also argue about, the funny thing is that he believes -- he believes in arranged marriages. i don't actually. my tradition being the indian tradition he says i think we need to find someone for you and i will go find someone for you. i said thanks but no thanks. so we argue about love, life, religion and policy. >> is there a sequel in the works? >> i don't know. you never can tell because this -- we finished about a year ago and we still talk probably every other week, and we still find something to disagree about. but the thing is the world is a complex place, and he is traveling around now. i've traveled around for more than 100 countries in my lifetime, and so we are always comparing notes. but our real objective is to try to understand and help him have enough vision to create the future. >> and what are you helping him to d
civil rights, he was a big leader in the civil rights movement and said that the jobs and economics was part and parcel of the civil rights movement. we argue about should we take the agreement approach to this worthy hour keynesian approach to solving this. we also argue about, the funny thing is that he believes -- he believes in arranged marriages. i don't actually. my tradition being the indian tradition he says i think we need to find someone for you and i will go find someone for you. i...
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in 1964 come after they successfully got the civil rights act. as the reverend jesse jackson said come and this is something very interesting he said people like doctor king as a martyr but not a marcher for strategically these civil rights leaders had to figure out how to give him the power. so there were tactics they had to work strategically to work to get the power. what was that to go down to alabama and andy young talked about in the book how at the time in alabama african americans couldn't be on the street together it was against the law for three people to be in the street together in alabama. >> host: it would be considered leading a protest? >> guest: yes so they have to find a way to begin the meeting for the protest for the marches. they worked through it and had to strategically figure out how to present the situation so that lbj could have the power to push through the voting rights act so this is actually someone who was in the room with doctor martin luther king and also reverend jesse jackson. but in the book they are on the rec
in 1964 come after they successfully got the civil rights act. as the reverend jesse jackson said come and this is something very interesting he said people like doctor king as a martyr but not a marcher for strategically these civil rights leaders had to figure out how to give him the power. so there were tactics they had to work strategically to work to get the power. what was that to go down to alabama and andy young talked about in the book how at the time in alabama african americans...
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and we were talking about the voting rights act after they successfully get the civil rights act. rev. joe gerald -- reverend jesse jackson said something very interesting people like doctor king as a marker but not a merger. strategically these civil rights leaders had to figure out how to give him the power. so there were tactics. they had had to work strategically to get the power for this president to go down to alabama. and in the book how at the time three african americans could not be on the street together. it was against the law. after one because that could be considered leading to a protest. >> guest: so they had to find a way to a way to have a meeting to begin the process. they work through it and had to strategically figure out how to present the situation so that lbj could have the power to push through. this is someone in the room with doctor martin luther king and also reverend jesse jackson. in the in the book on the record talking about this. >> host: there are audio recordings of that. i believe using the transcripts of recordings held at the miller center. an
and we were talking about the voting rights act after they successfully get the civil rights act. rev. joe gerald -- reverend jesse jackson said something very interesting people like doctor king as a marker but not a merger. strategically these civil rights leaders had to figure out how to give him the power. so there were tactics. they had had to work strategically to get the power for this president to go down to alabama. and in the book how at the time three african americans could not be...
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rights movement that famous speech where he said we are about saving souls, not as civil rights. that's what-- preachers should be preaching individual salvation from the pulpit, not about marching in the streets. but, he then shifted his view by the time he got into the carter administration and i think one of the catalyzing little-known but catalyzing events was actually at bob jones university this prominent who had a rule against interracial dating and it was the carter administration that said you will lose your federal tax exemption if you don't change the policy because its discriminatory and that was actually quite a important rallying point for many evangelicals to get active in politics to read cyst against this federal interventionism into local politics, so it was this defensive often said if you will happily mean that brought them back into the 70s and 80s. i think what we see now, the different thing we see now is in the 80s and 90s the frame that was used was a moral majority, this is farwell's language and it was a kernel of truth. if you thought about where was t
rights movement that famous speech where he said we are about saving souls, not as civil rights. that's what-- preachers should be preaching individual salvation from the pulpit, not about marching in the streets. but, he then shifted his view by the time he got into the carter administration and i think one of the catalyzing little-known but catalyzing events was actually at bob jones university this prominent who had a rule against interracial dating and it was the carter administration that...
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rights movement. and so come as socialists began to infiltrate and hijack the feminist movement that began to create new organizations with an underlying agenda of socialism and redistribution of wealth in america. the national organization for women was one of them. there are many more. soaker by now we have heard a lot about marks. i think we need to take a look at what exactly he said and go straight to the source of the issue. what did he say about women? well, you can find it all in the manifest of which is sold at your local store. no, it really can be found all in his manifesto where he boldly stated his goals of destroying the family and promoting single women in addition to dependence on coal powerful state government. he wrote abolition is a family saying that men plan to exploit their women. and, foundation is the present family, booze or family faced on capital, private gain. it is completely developed from this family -- from this family -- this family exists only minor capitalists, but t
rights movement. and so come as socialists began to infiltrate and hijack the feminist movement that began to create new organizations with an underlying agenda of socialism and redistribution of wealth in america. the national organization for women was one of them. there are many more. soaker by now we have heard a lot about marks. i think we need to take a look at what exactly he said and go straight to the source of the issue. what did he say about women? well, you can find it all in the...
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ambassador, civil rights icon, lieutenant to martinnen luther king jr. was one of those people who not only out of loyalty to the clintons but also because he just didn't believe it was famously critical of barack obama. can't know who he was. -- didn't know who he was. but by the end he said i have to anytime one of the reasons i was so skeptical is was because my experience in this country was one in which this country was not going to accept him. i had an experience where my friends were killed, and i was still living that. and i think for a lot of african-americans, there's a group who are invested in the notion that we are always at a disadvantage. but for most african-americans it's just like i live every day with the little insults which tell me the country's not there yet. i'm followed in stores, i'm denied loans when i know i can qualify. all these little insults, the way you're ignored when you're sitting right there in a room, and you start to speak, and no one hears you. and there's a generation -- now, i should say, it's a complete generatio
ambassador, civil rights icon, lieutenant to martinnen luther king jr. was one of those people who not only out of loyalty to the clintons but also because he just didn't believe it was famously critical of barack obama. can't know who he was. -- didn't know who he was. but by the end he said i have to anytime one of the reasons i was so skeptical is was because my experience in this country was one in which this country was not going to accept him. i had an experience where my friends were...
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i said it's a book about eisenhower and civil rights. i said that's why you need to read the book. he did more than you think. in terms of what sort of the heart did nixon have, he had the same kind we all do there's good and bad in it and that's the human condition. that's why why this period is so fascinating to me because this period of his life the past 20 years is very humanizing. watergate, the book starts after watergate so i don't take a lot of time focusing on that as i did want that to be the part of the story. i wanted it to be okay watergate happened. we have had libraries of books written about it. what happened after that and how they feel is a man in a human? he deal with alike in a bus with her there were successes and failures along the way. he certainly wanted to reestablish himself. he never use the word comeback or anything like that of his family or his friends that he wanted to be useful. he wanted to have a role to play for the rest of his life and the one thing he still had after he lost all the trappings of power in all the levers of power they still have t
i said it's a book about eisenhower and civil rights. i said that's why you need to read the book. he did more than you think. in terms of what sort of the heart did nixon have, he had the same kind we all do there's good and bad in it and that's the human condition. that's why why this period is so fascinating to me because this period of his life the past 20 years is very humanizing. watergate, the book starts after watergate so i don't take a lot of time focusing on that as i did want that...
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even people who care deeply about civil rights, conservatives care about the business community, many are parents or kids, that is the first concern, what education, my nephew, iran -- grandkids can get but in any framing education reform is providing better solutions that we focus on what is that value for you and your kids and nothing can be more important than that focus. what are the strengths and weaknesses of our education system in our country and i'm sure other panelists will speak to that, how centralized it is. there is no federal silver bullet, district silver bullet in terms of practices that should be uniform and replicated. that is a stretch in the sense that we encourage more than any other country, the framework for education we have, districts have that latitude, charter schools have that ability to innovate. even states have some ability particularly on the finance side to create innovative ways to public education. of course on the weakness side we all see that is frustrating, it is very hard to extend the success in our country, battling upstream when you should be
even people who care deeply about civil rights, conservatives care about the business community, many are parents or kids, that is the first concern, what education, my nephew, iran -- grandkids can get but in any framing education reform is providing better solutions that we focus on what is that value for you and your kids and nothing can be more important than that focus. what are the strengths and weaknesses of our education system in our country and i'm sure other panelists will speak to...
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rights bill being filibustered by al gore's senior and robert clansmen, we want to have the civil rights bill come in 1864. if democrats are returned in 1965 affably may not have needed the act. we had a proud history standing out and we should be on the tip of the tongue spit it out to their peers because they have not heard. getting some public school education while conveniently leave out all the facts for america look bad as the big bad country around the world and never looked that has america been some beacon of freedom. yes, toshio said? been no country has done more for civil rights and freedom in the history of the planet. don't be afraid to use the information you get here and talk to your peers. how do we overcome it? go ahead and talk to them. [applause] >> good afternoon, sir. john nietzsche cobey, chairman of the high school in ohio. my question for you is for your presentation was seen how hollywood has an immense influence over society here in america. although you revealed through your presentation of many celebrities are hypocritical and even ticketed, my question is ho
rights bill being filibustered by al gore's senior and robert clansmen, we want to have the civil rights bill come in 1864. if democrats are returned in 1965 affably may not have needed the act. we had a proud history standing out and we should be on the tip of the tongue spit it out to their peers because they have not heard. getting some public school education while conveniently leave out all the facts for america look bad as the big bad country around the world and never looked that has...
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he was a decent man and supported local civil rights law in phoenix but was against a federal civil rights bill and echoeded the segregation in this because he was in favor of state laws and thought civil right laws interfered with pub linebacker property laws. suddenly the map changed and the make-up of the two parties changed. southern white segregationist who were on a long flight from the democratic party shifted to the republican and that called for the realignment in the north where first african-americans left in groves. gold water got 6% of the african-american, nixon a third and ike almost half. a lot of moderate republicans said this isn't our party and they started to leave. the last thing the gold water campaign did is set off a purge. whether the republicans took over, they purged the liberal republicans. we forget there were liberal republicans. they were gone. and then slowly they purged most of the moderates out of the party. so republican leaders wonder why talk of ted cruz has been so strong is because most people who would have been more liberal republicans are no longer
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we have had to on civil liberties someone on women's rights. were nailing down the date now on immigration reform. followed by going to try for one per month. if your interested check our website and sign up for email if you are [inaudible] it already. they been well attended. i don't know how many have been to them. they been extremely well attended and quite spirited spend an interesting project that we are very happy about we encourage you to attend. on a lighter note we want to call your attention to some new items downstairs our coffeehouse and wine bar. they have just initiated a dessert called campfire toast. a cousin of s'mores, quite delicious. the recipe of the month is the korean rice bowl which is also excellent. we continue to have changing literary seasonal drinks and a staff favorite is the sniffle crusher, so check out the menu items and of course we will have coffee and local wines and beers. i will try to resist making a comment about my alcoholic intake as of the last week. moving on. it's a pleasure to hope host michael a po
we have had to on civil liberties someone on women's rights. were nailing down the date now on immigration reform. followed by going to try for one per month. if your interested check our website and sign up for email if you are [inaudible] it already. they been well attended. i don't know how many have been to them. they been extremely well attended and quite spirited spend an interesting project that we are very happy about we encourage you to attend. on a lighter note we want to call your...
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and talking about the voting rights act 1964 and after they successfully got the civil rights act and reverend jesse jackson said. and this is something very interesting he said. people like dr. king as a martyr and not a marcher and strategically the civil rights leaders had to figure out how to give him the power. so they worked. they had tactics that they worked in strategically to get the power for the president to get down to alabama and for the presidency. and plaque and white. how at the time in alabama. three african-americans could not be on the streets together it was against the laws there for three people to be on the street together because that would be considered leading to a protest. so they would have to find away to be in a meeting to begin the process for the marches they worked through that and they would have to figure out how to present the situation so that lbj will have the power to push through the voting rights act. so this is actually some be that of in the room with dr. martin luther king jr. also reverend jesse jackson who is one of the lieutenant that's a
and talking about the voting rights act 1964 and after they successfully got the civil rights act and reverend jesse jackson said. and this is something very interesting he said. people like dr. king as a martyr and not a marcher and strategically the civil rights leaders had to figure out how to give him the power. so they worked. they had tactics that they worked in strategically to get the power for the president to get down to alabama and for the presidency. and plaque and white. how at the...
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there's no equivalent of a civil rights act. and so you can say, i don't -- i want to fire you because your gay, or i don't want you to stay in my hotel because you're gay, and you can get away with that in the states that don't have specific protections, which are more than half. so that's a bill in congress right now, and there's a big fight over it, and there's a fight about the opponents are saying, you have to all all these religious liberty exceptions and you have bakers who won't bake cakes, you know, for a gay wedding. and you think about that, and just substitute the word, i don't want to bake a cake because you're african-american. you couldn't do that. but you can, so i think that's going to be a big fight. as i've talked to people, too, part of it is -- i think part of it is a challenge is right now, there's so much movement, so quickly, that it's easy to forget that still there's 40% of the country that, give or take, depending on the poll, that remains to be convinced. so how do you sustain this kind of coverage, t
there's no equivalent of a civil rights act. and so you can say, i don't -- i want to fire you because your gay, or i don't want you to stay in my hotel because you're gay, and you can get away with that in the states that don't have specific protections, which are more than half. so that's a bill in congress right now, and there's a big fight over it, and there's a fight about the opponents are saying, you have to all all these religious liberty exceptions and you have bakers who won't bake...
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it's a great book about freedom of choice and i also want to mention talking about the civil rights that barry goldwater refused to sign the legislation because he felt that it deprives people of the freedom to associate with those they want to associate which kind of reflects back on this. anyway, are we -- >> dickie, before we get an answer from ben shapiro when you say that you are afraid the republicans are going to screw it up again in 2016 can you give an example of what you? >> as a former republican i broke my back for john mccain going door-to-door and also for mitt romney. they were such lovely gentleman but he ran campaigns and could not communicate with the american people of the level they needed to and i'm afraid it will happen again because we have people running on the republican ticket we just can't be as sharp as the democrats .. i believe conservatism to be a morally superior beliefs that impaired people on the right it will to articulate back and i will be a serious problem for them. is the republican party, are they going to be able to do any damage here? the republi
it's a great book about freedom of choice and i also want to mention talking about the civil rights that barry goldwater refused to sign the legislation because he felt that it deprives people of the freedom to associate with those they want to associate which kind of reflects back on this. anyway, are we -- >> dickie, before we get an answer from ben shapiro when you say that you are afraid the republicans are going to screw it up again in 2016 can you give an example of what you?...
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. >> host: why then did your father not support the civil rights act? >> guest: you know, i really wish i could the answer that. the civil rights act had the time in the 1950's the republican party was the one that really forced that to ultimately be passed. because i wish i could answer that for you. >> host: you never asked? >> guest: i never asked. >> host: that's interesting. it's interesting like a contradiction in retrospect. one of the interesting things that has come out on his christmas day vacation president obama was reading a biography of ronald reagan luke cannon comer role of a lifetime. >> guest: he chose wisely. >> host: there you go. why do you think he chose that book and what do you hope he learns from it going forward? >> guest: it's interesting you find as you go through the archives of the reagan library there is more democrats studying ronald reagan than the republicans. republicans quote him, but democrats actually study him. and if you listen to barack obama's speeches and bill clinton's defense speeches and some of the speeches
. >> host: why then did your father not support the civil rights act? >> guest: you know, i really wish i could the answer that. the civil rights act had the time in the 1950's the republican party was the one that really forced that to ultimately be passed. because i wish i could answer that for you. >> host: you never asked? >> guest: i never asked. >> host: that's interesting. it's interesting like a contradiction in retrospect. one of the interesting things...
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after they successfully got the civil rights act. reverend jesse jackson said this is something very interesting. he said people like dr. king as a martyr, not a marcher. so strategically, the civil rights had to figure out how to give him the power. so they had to work strategically to work to get the power of the president, to go down to alabama and he talked about in the book specifically in this book "the presidency in black and white," three african-americans could not meet on the street together. it was against the laws they are. for three people to be in the street together. >> that could be considered leading to a protest. >> guest: said they had to find a way to have a meeting begin a process where the marchers. they worked through it and how to strategically figure out how to present situations so i'll be jay could have the power to push through the voting rights act. this is actually someone in the room with dr. martin luther king also reverend jesse jackson was one of his lieutenants. in the book on the record talking abo
after they successfully got the civil rights act. reverend jesse jackson said this is something very interesting. he said people like dr. king as a martyr, not a marcher. so strategically, the civil rights had to figure out how to give him the power. so they had to work strategically to work to get the power of the president, to go down to alabama and he talked about in the book specifically in this book "the presidency in black and white," three african-americans could not meet on...
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the civil rights act has become law and now the folks are turning to the voting rights act and martin luther king jr. is in the white house urging president lyndon johnson to move on it. now the film selma that has come out has been criticized by some for putting lyndon johnson in a very bad light. you write about your conversation with the other person in the room at that moment. tell us about that. >> in the book presidency in black-and-white: my up close view of three presidents and race in america, i have an exclusive interview on the record with an ambassador that was in the room with doctor king. >> andrew young was not only a prominent figure in the civil rights community but a former congressman from georgia. he was someone who worked for at that point a relatively low level white house staffer. >> he was a very credible person. more than credible, he was in the room. this is what i don't understand with all of this back-and-forth about lbj and selma. andrew young said in this book that lbj did say that he didn't have the power to push it forward. he was talking about voting r
the civil rights act has become law and now the folks are turning to the voting rights act and martin luther king jr. is in the white house urging president lyndon johnson to move on it. now the film selma that has come out has been criticized by some for putting lyndon johnson in a very bad light. you write about your conversation with the other person in the room at that moment. tell us about that. >> in the book presidency in black-and-white: my up close view of three presidents and...
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in the 60s in response to a call for ministers to join the civil rights movement, the famous beach he said we are about saving souls. we are not about the low right. that is the preacher should be preaching about. not about marching in the streets. that's not what preachers should be doing. he then shifted to stand by the time he got into the carter administration. i think one of the little-known but catalyzing events was actually at bob jones university, this prominent role against interracial dating and dennis carter carter administration is that you lose your federal tax exemption if you don't change policies because that's discriminatory. that was quite a rallying point to get active in politics and resisted in this federal intervention is in into local politics. as his defenses, often as to describe it aptly that brought them back to the 70s and 80s. the different than we see now is in the 80s and 90s, the frame that was used with the moral majority, kind of falwell language and there was a colonel of truth to that. where is the country on? it wasn't that far. one-man, one-woman.
in the 60s in response to a call for ministers to join the civil rights movement, the famous beach he said we are about saving souls. we are not about the low right. that is the preacher should be preaching about. not about marching in the streets. that's not what preachers should be doing. he then shifted to stand by the time he got into the carter administration. i think one of the little-known but catalyzing events was actually at bob jones university, this prominent role against interracial...
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rights. we will see it, but both parties are kind of ready for this. >> it occurred to me as we were in church he she, there's another thing that happened california that doesn't happen in new york because we are three hours behind. often the presidential race is over according to all the pundits outside the club for 6:00. that means many people decide not to go to the polls. they also don't go for governor and state senator in the dekalb of them are. all of our elections get distorted by this process and the president see which is that most people are most interested in have decided those. >> i don't know how you fixed the time zone problem. yes. [inaudible] >> it is the way it is because when the 13 colonies were at the pump to shin, they knew they had to reflect the population, but there were a lot of small stakes. so what they did was they allowed each state to have a number of rational districts plus their two senators. so one of the outcomes of that is wyoming's three electoral votes ar
rights. we will see it, but both parties are kind of ready for this. >> it occurred to me as we were in church he she, there's another thing that happened california that doesn't happen in new york because we are three hours behind. often the presidential race is over according to all the pundits outside the club for 6:00. that means many people decide not to go to the polls. they also don't go for governor and state senator in the dekalb of them are. all of our elections get distorted by...
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but you cannot but wonder would isis be bogged down in a syrian civil war right now in a way that -- would iraq be more stable or less stable had he helped overthrow assad sooner and taken -- it's unknowable. >> host: churchill called the terrible what-ifs. >> guest: yes, and who are we to war-game this. you can't do that. but everything has -- everything has a reaction. >> host: i'd like to ask you about the president and various people who have been around him or that he has debt with, -- dealt with, and i'd like to start with hillary clinton. >> guest: i'll keep my answe short jeer you said when you anticipated when you started the book -- what is this relationship between the president and hillary rodham clinton. >> guest: i think a lot better than people realize. this is something that a lot of us -- i have the impression that they're more alike as politicians than, for instance, hillary and bill are, because they both have come to politics as sort of the campaign side of it, the theatric side of it. they both had to learn it. bill clinton is instinct actually a populist. a popu
but you cannot but wonder would isis be bogged down in a syrian civil war right now in a way that -- would iraq be more stable or less stable had he helped overthrow assad sooner and taken -- it's unknowable. >> host: churchill called the terrible what-ifs. >> guest: yes, and who are we to war-game this. you can't do that. but everything has -- everything has a reaction. >> host: i'd like to ask you about the president and various people who have been around him or that he has...
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no shades of civil rights but it was a little misogynistic. and that women in the back, a lot of other identities, trans folks and all that were not really included. and we are the generation that is try to incorporate everybody. so you have students on campus that are saying the civil rights movement was just okay but we are better. that's kind of the mentality we're dealing with at this point. >> i think that brings up an interesting point. i guess i want to find out a little bit more, what's new? people have been around college campuses for a while will say 19-year-olds have always had a tendency to think that they are the beginning and the end of the world, and that they were always think that they are the cutting edge generation. so i guess i am prompted both by your comments on the media and by your comments on the students can ask all three beauty think about what is new, how do we come to this safe space point in particular? i remember even christina hoff sommers was your last year she talked about how she's been giving the same kind o
no shades of civil rights but it was a little misogynistic. and that women in the back, a lot of other identities, trans folks and all that were not really included. and we are the generation that is try to incorporate everybody. so you have students on campus that are saying the civil rights movement was just okay but we are better. that's kind of the mentality we're dealing with at this point. >> i think that brings up an interesting point. i guess i want to find out a little bit more,...
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lbj and the civil rights bill. there were democrats against him but he didn't give up. he broke their arms and got it done. c-span: would you vote for bill clinton again or did you vote for him twice? >> guest: i did, yes and he is another one who led us down i would say on several issues. "don't ask don't tell," bill clinton, defense of marriage act, though clinton, the repeal of glass-steagall, bill clinton, the welfare reform, bill clinton , forbade bills,. c-span: what do you think of mrs. clinton? >> guest: i like mrs. clinton. i think she's much more liberal than bill clinton. i think she's much more cautious than an may be more willing to compromise than bernie sanders. not as far left as i am as bernie sanders and i think she'd be willing to take the country as far bernie sanders, as far as bernie sanders would take it. c-span: by the way what you call yourself a progressive and not a liberal? >> guest: you know i am a liberal. c-span: but why does that happen? >> guest: in a sense don't ask me. i have always said i'm a liberal and i'm very proud of being a libe
lbj and the civil rights bill. there were democrats against him but he didn't give up. he broke their arms and got it done. c-span: would you vote for bill clinton again or did you vote for him twice? >> guest: i did, yes and he is another one who led us down i would say on several issues. "don't ask don't tell," bill clinton, defense of marriage act, though clinton, the repeal of glass-steagall, bill clinton, the welfare reform, bill clinton , forbade bills,. c-span: what do...
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he was a print reporter, he took his job seriously and he wound up being a civil rights reporter and he was told don't come in this room. you could step on someone's toes to find out what is going on. harry mcalpin. don't come in here, it's going to be a riot. he stepped on a white reporter's toes and there could be a riot. and so ultimately they let him come in. and the bottom line, this happened 70 years ago. and it just boggles my mind. we work so closely. and to think that fast forwarding to today you are always going to have that. some differences might be racial and other differences may just be a difference of opinion and i think that is a whole that we are trying to do better as a group and i think that as a group, number one not a lot that is one thing. but professional. competition. but are there some people who may have harbored things racially? there may be and there may not be. so i have some things that i have questioned and it's not worth fighting over right now. >> april ryan, you do something that many reporters don't do. at the end of your book you conclude your exp
he was a print reporter, he took his job seriously and he wound up being a civil rights reporter and he was told don't come in this room. you could step on someone's toes to find out what is going on. harry mcalpin. don't come in here, it's going to be a riot. he stepped on a white reporter's toes and there could be a riot. and so ultimately they let him come in. and the bottom line, this happened 70 years ago. and it just boggles my mind. we work so closely. and to think that fast forwarding...
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rights movement for almost 30 years panelist on pbs washington week. to find out more visit washington post.com derrin >> 2009 bookexpo america new york city 2009 at the yale universiity press with john donatich, director of the yale universiity press. what you have coming out this fall? >> we have a number of great books and of all starting with the making of americans, ed hirsch i think you're a member of the best-selling novel called cultural literacy and he has caring very much about what role education has and actually defining what it is to be american and in this book is run and i think a capstone of his career which includes many best sellers and decades of activism and education to talk about the centrality of information and knowledge in one a means to have a shared corpus of knowledge and how poor that is our national identity and how it is being threatened by the way education seems to be splintered across the country so it's a book that has a lot of argument and advocacy and a lot of ways to look for it to what the new administration can d
rights movement for almost 30 years panelist on pbs washington week. to find out more visit washington post.com derrin >> 2009 bookexpo america new york city 2009 at the yale universiity press with john donatich, director of the yale universiity press. what you have coming out this fall? >> we have a number of great books and of all starting with the making of americans, ed hirsch i think you're a member of the best-selling novel called cultural literacy and he has caring very much...
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this is our most effective and important civil-rights law. already we see challenges coming out of north carolina, georgia, alabama, all aimed at getting the voting rights act. undoubtedly one of these cases will come to the supreme court. they are aiming to tear the heart out of the voting rights act when we need it most. during redistricting. during this part of the decade when we have seen the most discrimination against minority communities and the heart of the voting rights act is so very critical during this time. we are on the defensive. we are on the offensive. this is such a critical time and i am so happy this issue is front and center for us today. the other issue that makes this redistricting cycle unique is we have president barack obama and many have prematurely call it opposed racial irra. we know all too well that discrimination, voting discrimination is alive and rampant throughout the country. we have heard about the photo id adopted in georgia but all throughout the process we are seeing proof of citizenship requirements th
this is our most effective and important civil-rights law. already we see challenges coming out of north carolina, georgia, alabama, all aimed at getting the voting rights act. undoubtedly one of these cases will come to the supreme court. they are aiming to tear the heart out of the voting rights act when we need it most. during redistricting. during this part of the decade when we have seen the most discrimination against minority communities and the heart of the voting rights act is so very...
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i said it's a book about eisner and and civil rights. he said the price it's not a shorter book. [laughing] it's like that's why you need to read the book. he did more than you think. in terms of getting to the heart of nixon and what kind of heartbeat nixon have, i think in the same when we all do. there's good and bad in it. that's the human condition. that's why this period . microsoft faceting to me because this period of his life, his last 20 years is very tantalizing. you know, watergate, the book starts after watergate. i don't spend a lot of time focusing on that because i didn't want the baby a part of the story. i wanted to be okay, watergate happened. we fed libraries of books written about it. what happened at that? how did he do with it as a man and as a human? i think you don't like with any of us would. the successes and failures along the way. he certainly wanted to reestablish himself that he never used the word come back or anything like that with his family for his friends but he wanted to be, he wanted to be useful. he wanted to have a role to play with the re
i said it's a book about eisner and and civil rights. he said the price it's not a shorter book. [laughing] it's like that's why you need to read the book. he did more than you think. in terms of getting to the heart of nixon and what kind of heartbeat nixon have, i think in the same when we all do. there's good and bad in it. that's the human condition. that's why this period . microsoft faceting to me because this period of his life, his last 20 years is very tantalizing. you know, watergate,...
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then the 20th century he was not part of the civil rights movement but was kind of caught in vibes of the civil rights mom in the way handled the change and the jim crow south of his youth, and then serving as president, obviously made him a significant 20th century figure, and now in the 21st 21st century, he is on what bill gates considers the cutting edge 21st century issues like conflict resolution and disease eradication. so, i think a big life, and i'm -- as farce this his presidency goes i'm basically going to conclude that he was a political failure but a substantive success for reasons i can explain as we go on. >> i can't wait to ask you about it. jacob. you are our reagan expert. and i can't wait to hearat you have to say because i covered him. my most -- this is the is my most fascinating subject. >> a little intimidating doing this with you, leslie. i will say that i share with jim atlas a passion for reading and writing short buying a graphs and i had done one about george w. bush and then tried to figure out how to an even shorter one about ronald reagan and the maniaci
then the 20th century he was not part of the civil rights movement but was kind of caught in vibes of the civil rights mom in the way handled the change and the jim crow south of his youth, and then serving as president, obviously made him a significant 20th century figure, and now in the 21st 21st century, he is on what bill gates considers the cutting edge 21st century issues like conflict resolution and disease eradication. so, i think a big life, and i'm -- as farce this his presidency goes...
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i admire him for his commitment to civil rights into the staunch anti- communism. >> leme get your reaction to senator bob corker. he is now seeking a third term. it's almost becoming a thing, it's not a good place for any party to end up with a cultlike situation as it relates to the president that has to be reportedly of the same party. that's in relation to president trump and the gop. >> i think corker is upset because trump is more popular among republicans and all voters in tennessee that he is. this was true virtually every republican president who remade the party and their image. lincoln, eisenhower, certainly reg. so the fact that the president's popularity he transcends now he dominates but is not only typical of successful republican presidents, but profound. i believe in places like nebraska, where the president is far more popular or in tenness tennessee, i don't see this as a colts, i see it as more tea and popularity based on his successful government. . . 4% economic growth. and this is prior to the president's corporate and personal tax cuts having a hance to get traction.
i admire him for his commitment to civil rights into the staunch anti- communism. >> leme get your reaction to senator bob corker. he is now seeking a third term. it's almost becoming a thing, it's not a good place for any party to end up with a cultlike situation as it relates to the president that has to be reportedly of the same party. that's in relation to president trump and the gop. >> i think corker is upset because trump is more popular among republicans and all voters in...
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not having his head as far as civil rights and then lbj was able to. they were kind of having a change of heart and morality so i'm wondering what your thoughts was on that and w your research. >> [inaudible] he was an under appreciated the president in my mind i think davidd would agree with that. he was chosen to be vice president because he representet the group opposed to james garfield was traditionally the. he said in writing several times fine a stalwart. after the shooting there were death threats against him and many people thought he might have been involved. chester alan arthur did a lot of searching in the weeks before and giving credit where credit is due, he recognized the problem created by the harsh partisanship that led up to the shooting. shortly after arthur became president, he came to him and asked him to follow through on reversing some of the political position and arthur refused to do it and surprised some of his friends when he signed the civil service reform action. he stood for patronage and ran one of those air. >> i always
not having his head as far as civil rights and then lbj was able to. they were kind of having a change of heart and morality so i'm wondering what your thoughts was on that and w your research. >> [inaudible] he was an under appreciated the president in my mind i think davidd would agree with that. he was chosen to be vice president because he representet the group opposed to james garfield was traditionally the. he said in writing several times fine a stalwart. after the shooting there...
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they were there in the 1960s in the south fighting civil rights and they were there supporting george wallace in michigan. they were there in 18 50's. they have been there through american history and it's only once in a while but a demagogue can come a long to tap this or that in the way the trump has.u- to switch it over to hillary clinton for a second, before i ever got a chance to ask either of them which books they read i realized, i discovered what the clintons brought along on their honeymoon to their -- in acapulco which is the denial of death. >> i wanted to open it up to questions from the audience and i see your microphone here and here, so maybe you could get up to the mic if you want to ask questions. right over here. >> hi there. to the three guys with ties, nice tie.aughter] [laughter] i have a question when he saidid something about the end of the reagan era and the republicaner party and moving forward are we looking, is it going to be a alt-right that is taking the mantle or word you see the republican party moving on after that? >> i do look at this in a reagan cont
they were there in the 1960s in the south fighting civil rights and they were there supporting george wallace in michigan. they were there in 18 50's. they have been there through american history and it's only once in a while but a demagogue can come a long to tap this or that in the way the trump has.u- to switch it over to hillary clinton for a second, before i ever got a chance to ask either of them which books they read i realized, i discovered what the clintons brought along on their...
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we could have gotten the theater right on those things. but you cannot but wonder would isis be bogged down in fearing civil war that would create to be more stable but stable and help overthrow assad sooner. it's a noble goal. >> host: terrible what it is. who are we to work on this? you can't do it. every state has a reaction. >> host: i would like to ask you about the president and various people who have been around him are that he dealt with if i would like to start with hillary clinton. he said you anticipated when he started this book there would be more. what is the relationship between the president and hillary rodham clinton? >> guest: personally a lot better than people realize. this'll be found in that i have the impression they are more like as politicians and friends of hillary and bill are. they both have come to politics as the campaign side of it come to theatric side of it. they both had to learn it. it is not instinctual. bill clinton isn't actually populist and in the best sense of the word the same way towards george w
we could have gotten the theater right on those things. but you cannot but wonder would isis be bogged down in fearing civil war that would create to be more stable but stable and help overthrow assad sooner. it's a noble goal. >> host: terrible what it is. who are we to work on this? you can't do it. every state has a reaction. >> host: i would like to ask you about the president and various people who have been around him are that he dealt with if i would like to start with...
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i mean, i sort of evoke reconstruction right after the civil war with. i mean, one of the biggest battles that president lincoln had to deal with was, you know, we've got these vanquished foes, what do we do with them? do we punish them, disenfranchise them, what do we do? and lincoln's stance was we've got to find a way to build the country back to one country again, and if we strip them of voting rights and do all these punitive things, that's going to be really hard to do. i'm not sure exactly what the kind of current analogs are, but i do think there is some space here. you know, i'm not sort of arguing in the book that you roll back the kind of legal victory ares or roll back, you know, the cultural victories, but there's a way in which i think there might be a kind of more openness, less kind of looking down the nose and less kind of derision that i think might help the kind of, those people who find themselves kind of isolated now do this thing. talking about trying to find a place where they still see themselves as part of something bigger and no
i mean, i sort of evoke reconstruction right after the civil war with. i mean, one of the biggest battles that president lincoln had to deal with was, you know, we've got these vanquished foes, what do we do with them? do we punish them, disenfranchise them, what do we do? and lincoln's stance was we've got to find a way to build the country back to one country again, and if we strip them of voting rights and do all these punitive things, that's going to be really hard to do. i'm not sure...
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rights movement. and so a socialist began to infiltrate and hijacked the feminist movement, they began to grin new organizations for greater women's rights group with an underlying agenda of socialism and redistribution of wealth in america. the national organization for women wasn't one of them. there are many more. i know we've heard a lot about marx but i think we need to take a look at what exactly he said and go straight to the source on issue. what did he say about women? you can find it all in the commons manifesto which is sold at your local socialist bookstore. no. but no, everything can be found in his comments manifesto. he boldly states is goals of destroying the family and promoting single women in addition to dependence on all, and all powerful state government. he wrote abolition as a family that men claim to exploit the women in their families. on one sunday at the present family based on capital, on private games. is completely developed from this family, from this family, this this f
rights movement. and so a socialist began to infiltrate and hijacked the feminist movement, they began to grin new organizations for greater women's rights group with an underlying agenda of socialism and redistribution of wealth in america. the national organization for women wasn't one of them. there are many more. i know we've heard a lot about marx but i think we need to take a look at what exactly he said and go straight to the source on issue. what did he say about women? you can find it...
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of the civil rights movement and the way he handled that profound change in the jim crow south of his youth and then serving as president, you know, obviously made him a significant 20th century figure. and now in the 21st century, he is on what bill gates considers, you know, the cutting edge of 21st century issues like conflict resolution and disease eradication. so i think it's a big life, and i'm -- as far as his presidency goes, i'm basically going to conclude that he was a political failure but a substantive success for reasons i can explain as we go on. >> i can't wait to ask you about it. jacob weisberg, you are our reagan expert. and i can't wait to hear what you have to say, because i cover toed him. he was my -- covered him. he was my most, my most -- this is my most fascinated subject. >> it's a little intimidating, doing this with you, lesley. [laughter] i share with jim atlas a passion for reading and writing short biographies, and i had done one about george w. bush, and then i tried to figure out how to do an even shorter one about ronald reagan. and the main character
of the civil rights movement and the way he handled that profound change in the jim crow south of his youth and then serving as president, you know, obviously made him a significant 20th century figure. and now in the 21st century, he is on what bill gates considers, you know, the cutting edge of 21st century issues like conflict resolution and disease eradication. so i think it's a big life, and i'm -- as far as his presidency goes, i'm basically going to conclude that he was a political...
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rights and with the freedom rides and the assassination of decorator med . in late 72 nixon beat mcgovern in a landslide history, and you can hear him saying somebody's got to do a book about 1972. i am the best president ever. i just won the biggest landslide i did the breakthrough to china and he went on all the things he did in the next month the reputation had been destroyed by the competition of those with coantistatic slurs into the watergate fiasco so nixon hasn't been able to track and you won't see him ranking so high on the tapes that killed his presidency because they were the smoking gun and theye were also heard m from rising into history. we will never see john f. kennedy he's in our minds. the lincoln assassination is a lot of what kennedy would have lived, what would our country have been. so there's almost a mythological underpinnings of both lincoln and kennedy because of the untimely prematurent deaths. it's interesting we talk about overexposure. it's not his fault feeding into his credit, john f. kennedy wasa a brilliant television perfo
rights and with the freedom rides and the assassination of decorator med . in late 72 nixon beat mcgovern in a landslide history, and you can hear him saying somebody's got to do a book about 1972. i am the best president ever. i just won the biggest landslide i did the breakthrough to china and he went on all the things he did in the next month the reputation had been destroyed by the competition of those with coantistatic slurs into the watergate fiasco so nixon hasn't been able to track and...